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ARTI-IURSCHENK, F MARIETTA T9 ESE-ZIP, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON,

ASSIG-NOR TO "WHATCGM FALLS CGMIQAN'EZ, OF BELLINGHA'M, WASH- INGTON.

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Application filerl June 6, 1921. Serial No. 475,311.

To all whomzfmag concern: 13, 13 are down-presser rolls behind the 55 Be it known that I, ARTHUR SCHENK, a planer heads. citizen of the United States, and resident of it is the back guide of the planer. the township of Marietta in the county of 15 is a top and front guide. VVhatcom and State of Washington, have in- B, B are the rough boards from which th vented a new and useful Siding Mill. oi beveled siding is made. I 60 which the following is a specification. I B are said boards after passing said My invention relatesto improvements in planer. siding mills. an assemblage of machines and 16 is the front. bottomless guide of the appurtenances used in the manufacture of board receiver and trip.

beveled siding; and the main object of my 17 is the inclined, back ledge and guide oi 65 invention is to provide a jointer adapted for said trip. automatically taking the resawn boards 18 is an inclined. apron beneathsaid trip. from the g l n site? p nina 18? is one oi a number (if-similar brackets one edge, deliver them to a conveyor. 1n fastened to posts and to apron 18.

order to show the proper location and use of 19, 19 are brackets fastened to said posts this machine in the mill, a general drawing and to trip guides 16 and 17 for supporting of the mill is included as a part of this speci the latter. fication. 20, 20 are posts erected behind said trip- 20 I attain this object with the jointermechfor supporting same and for supporting anism in the association of machines illusbearings for shaft 24:. trated in the accompanying tour sheets of 21 is a platform for supporting board-condrawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view eyer belt 22, p of my siding mill exclusive of the graders 22. 2 2 are board-conveyer belts driven by 25 table, not shown in any of the views. out 0E pulleys 23 and also on pulleys 26.

at line A-A; Fig. 2 is a continuation and Q 23, are pulleys mounted fixed on shaft completion of Fig. 1 from line AA; Fig. 3 24 for mounting and driving belts 21. is an end'elevation of a trimmers table and 24: is a shaft on which pulleys 23 are side elevation of a pair ot' trimmer saws; mounted fixed and which is mounted for 30 Fig. 4-, is a plan view of an automatic, resaw revolution in bearings fastened to posts 20.

fee d table a resaw and the siding jointer; 25 is driver pulley mounted fixed on Fig. 5 is a side elevation of 4:; Fig. 6 is a shaft 24:. plan view of a receiving trip or board. holder 26 is one oi a number of pulleys mounted and dropper; Fig.7 is an end elevation of on shaft 2'? for mounting the delivery end of 35 Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is an end elevation of a conconveyer belts 22. e

trollable, damaged-siding bulkhead and con- 27 is shaft mounted for revolution in veyor; and Fig. 9 is a plan view of S. bearings 27* which are fastened to beam 27 Figs. 34) are drawn on a larger scale. 28 is a table at the delivery endoi con- Similar characters refer to similar parts veyer 22 for. holding boards B 0 throughout. Certainparts are broken away 29 is the table of an automatic resaw feed for lack of space or to show other parts hiddevice. den thereby. 30, 30 are dead, standing rolls on said re- This invention improves that which forms saw. feed table forming a back guide. the subiect of Patent Number 837.08? grant 31;. 31 are live rolls on the feed table lying 4 ed to George W. Loggie Nov. 7. 1906 for rehorizontally but inclined toward said back ceiving trip and conveyors. guide rolls to force the boards against the More particularly: 9 is a wood planer, same. v adapted for planing both sides and either 32 is the roll of a down presser bearing on one or both edges of the boards as desired. the upper edge of the boards as fed into the 50 10, 10 are live corrugated feed rolls on the resaW. 52 is a pivoted arm on which roll 32 bed of said planer. is mounted for revolution. 32? is aholding- 11 is a deflecting bulk head. down rod pivoted to arm 32- and passing 12, 12 are live, doWn-presser rolls in front through the table of the resaw' feed beneath the planer heads; I which it is retained under spring pressure for the purpose intended.

by spring 32. 32 is an adjustable stop heneath arm 32*.

33, 33 are bevel gears fixed to the shafts of live rollers 31 engaged with bevel gears 33 fixed on countershaft 34.

34 is a countershaft mounted in bearings on table 29 for revolution and mounting fixed driving pulley 35, which is driven by belt 36.

37 is a band resaw adapted to saw each of boards B into two pieces of beveled siding C as they pass therethrough.

38 is the upper pulley of said resaw mounted for revolution in bearing 40.

39 is the lower band wheel of said resaw mounted for revolution in bearing 42.

41 is the main frame of the resaw.

43 and 44 are respectively the driving pulley for saw, band wheel driving the same.

45 is the band saw mounted Wheels 38 and 39. i

46, 46 are four live rolls for feeding the boards into resaw 37. Said live feed rolls are driven by bevel gears fixed thereto engaged with fixed bevel gears on countershafts 47 which are belt driven.

48 is a fixed back guide on table 37 for boards. B 48 is a spring-pressed, hinged front guide for said boards. I

49 is a jointer following resaw 37 for on hand finishing the lower edge of boardsB after they are sawn in two by saw 45 which leaves said edge roughened with splinters.

50 is the jointer head mounted for revolution in the usual way and driven by belt 51 over drive pulley 52. 4

53 is a fixed back guide for the resawn boards on table 49. 53 is a pivoted, springpressed front guide cooperating with 53.

54 is a fixed back guide for said resawn boards over jointer head 50. i

56, 56 are a pair of spring-pressed, parallel-motion links pivoted to front guide 55 and to table 49 to cooperate with back guide 54; 57, 57 are a pair of grooved, down-presser rolls mounted for revolution on arms 58, 58, in bearings 59, 59. The weight of these rolls provides sufficient downward pressure They hear on adpustable stops 58, 58 when not carried by passing siding. i

60 is a table with back stop 61 located to receive jointer.

' 62 isthe platform of a siding carrier the front end of which is beneath table 60.

n 63, 63 are carrier belts moving over plat- 53mg 62, mounted on pulleys 64, 64 and the siding strips C as they leave the Pulleys' 64 are mounted fixed on shaft 65, whi'chismounted for revolution in bearings fastened beneath table 60 and is driven by pulley 66,

39 and the belt for ,shaft 77.

1,440, so o on a short shaft for revolution in pairs of bearings 68 fastened to the floor beneath the rear or delivery end of conveyer 62.

69, 69 are two pairs of trimmer saws hingably mounted on over-head frames above an alley between conveyers 21 and 62.

"70. T1, 70, 71 are two pairs of trimmer tables supported on table frames 71, 71 transversely over conveyers 21 and 62.

72, 72 are refuse chutes leading from said trimmer tables in said alley to refuse conveyers, not shown, beneaththe millfioor.

73, 73 are conveyer belts, one mounted on a pulley 74 beneath each pair of trimmer saws, and each having its distant end near a grading table. not shown, mounted on a driven pulley, not shown. Each of convey ers 73'moves at the bottom of a chute be tween each pair of trimmer tables 70.

75, 75 are armsmounted fixed, centrally,

on shaft 77, which is mounted in bearings parallel with the shafts of pulleys 67 at the delivery end of conveyer 62.

76, 76 are bulkhcad-standards projecting from each side of each of arms 75 in line with shaft 77.

77 is a shaftmountedon bearings 78 and mounting fixed arms 7 5. I v

79 is a spur gear mounted fixedon one fi-IlCl of shaft 77. I

80 is a spur gear mounted fixed for revo lution with a counter shaft 8O and engaged with gear 79. Said countershaft is mounted for revolution in bearings fastened to the floor.

81 is a ratchet n'iountedfixed onthe outer end of shaft 80. y

82 is a spring-pressed pawl'pivoted to arm 83 eugageable with ratchet 81.

83 is an arm one end of which isinoi'inted for revolution on shaft 39, between ratchet 8'1 and. gear 89 and its other end is pivoted to link 84.

' 84 is a link connecting arm 83' with fulcruined lever 85.

livery end of coni eyer 62 mounted on pulley 90 and another pulley, not shown.

91 is a counter shaft-bearing for mountving pulley 90 and driver pulley 92.

93, 93 are the walls of a chute leading to conveyor belt 89. i

94 is a square boss mounted fixed on 95 is a flat spring fastened to one of 'pedestals 78 and adapted to bear on boss 94.

The patent granted to George W. Loggie,

referred to, describesa siding mill using a planer without the live, feed'ro'lls' 10',"and one which does not have an automatic, re saw feed'device, such as 29, nor the jointer l9,'nor the controllable bulkhead75,'76.

In operation Rough boardsare placed on the table of planer'9 and are 'automatically fed into thesame'bythe coopera tion of corrugated, live feed rolls 10 and inclined bulkhead 11; i

In passing through the planer the boards are either planed on both sides and both edges, or on both sides and one edge, as desired. l Vhen planed on one edge only, the rough edge is the one next to planer guide 14:. The following boards, in turn, projects each board into the board receiver and trip where the rear edge of the board bears on inclined ledge 17, its front edge bears against front guide 16 and it is prevented from turn ing over by top and rear guide plate 15. When a board has entirely passed beneath guide plate 15 and cleared the planer bed its front edge turns downward and it slides down on apron 18 and on to conveyer belts 22, with its rough edge foremost. Thence it proceeds beneath trimmer tables to table 28. From this table each board is taken by hand shoved forward flatwise and stood flatwise against standing rolls 30 with its rough edge bearing on live rolls 31 which rapidly carry it endwise into live, resaw rolls 46 while forcing it against rolls 30. It is then driven through the resaw, which saws it into two flat, beveled pieces of siding which must pass, while being sawn, between guides 53, 53 and guides 54, 55, and beneath rolls 57 while its lower edge is being planed by jointer head 50.

While passing over the jointer jamming sometimes occurs in guides 54, 55 due to broken fragments from damaged parts mov ing between the wedge-form surfaces of the siding or to the failure of damaged ends to properly abut and remain in line, thus passing to sidewise relation. and requiring more room transversely. The cause of the stopping resulting can be quickly removed in my ointer by lifting rolls 57 by hand when the guides beneath are accessible and the pressure is relieved by withdrawing guide 55. The wide, flaring grooves of downpresser rolls 57 allow for considerable increase in the width of the stream of stuff passing beneath them.

As fast as the strips of beveled siding pass on to table 60, 61 they are placed by hand on to conveyer belts 63 which move them .toward planer 9 and beneath trimmer tables 71. As they approach and leave each trimmer table they are accessible to the trimmer Sawyers who place them on to trimmer tables 70, trim their ends and saw them into a variety of standard lengths by using saws 69. 'ld rom jthis operation short pi ecespf trimmingsfall"directlyinto chutes 722L011 to conveyer belts beneath and are carried to the'furnaceroom for fuel. 'l cnger'pieces of trimmings are recuti'nto lengths no longer than about 18'1inches 'andare also thrown into said chutes. Piecesof damaged siding longer than this, say'f'about' four feet long, unsuited for the minimum."length of siding, are thrown" by handbackwn to 'conv'eyer belts 63 which carry them to controllable bulkhead 75, 76. Also, it not infrequently occurs that in passing through the several devices and machines a board is cracked from end to end, rendering it entirely unfit for siding. Such boards are not removed from belts 63 and are allowed to pass to bulkhead 75, 76. When an accumulation of these damaged strips appears on arms the trimmer sawyer near floor push 87 depresses it with his foot, moving it clownward as far as it will go. As drawn, this causes ratchet 81 to revolve the space of one of its eight teeth. Gear 79 has one fourth the diameter of gear 80, thus said turning of ratchet 81 causes gear 79 and arms 75 to make a one-half revolution, dumping the damaged strips on said arms into chute 89 and on to conveyer belt which carries them to a place where they are assorted and made into forms adapted for other uses.

Pawl 82 engaged with ratchet 81 prevents the weight of the damaged strips accumulating on arms 75 from turning the arms backward. While spring 95 bearing on a fiatside of square boss 94: prevents arms 75 from moving beyond their operative position by momentum when the bulkhead is being dumped by operating floor push 87.

As ordinarily operated the trimmer sawyers must reduce all pieces unsuited for siding to the short lengths of waste referred to. This requires valuable time of the most expert employees and results in using for fuel much material that can better be diverted to more valued uses.

I have employed chain-and-lug conveyers to replace the belts 22 to good advantage.

Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a siding mill in combination, a beveled-siding board resaw, a wood jointer table at the delivery end of said resaw, a revoluble jointer head beneath said table, doWnpresser rolls mounted for revolution on axes parallel to the axis of said jointer head and on arms hingedly mounted on brackets above said table, stops whereby the downward movement of said downpresser arms are limited, a back guide over said jointer head and beneath said downpressers, a spring-pressed guide bar movable through parallel positions with and in front of said.

back ide, and a siding oonveyer operable at rig 1t angles to said jointer and from the delivery end of the same.

2. Ina siding jointer in combination, a 5 joinber table, a revoluble jointer head mounted for revolution beneath said table, a back guide fixed on said table transversely of the axis of said jointer head and above the same, a front-bar guide mounted on 'downpresser arms. 10 spring-pressed pivoted arms for movement away from and parallel With said back guide against the reaction of said springs, and two downpresser rolls each having a deep flaring annular groove mounted for revolution in a line parallel with and above said guides, on arms hingedly mounted on brackets above said table, and adjustable stops adapted to limit the downward movements of said ARTHUR sonENK. 

